Any way to automatically get sentence capitalization?

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Any way to automatically get sentence capitalization?

I've recently moved from MS Entourage to Apple Mail and one thing I miss is if Im typing fast and don't get the shift key for the first word of a sentence...or the word I...the system doesn't correct that by properly capitalizing for me. That's the way it works on the iPhone so is there some way to set this up in Snow Leopard? I also miss how in Entourage if I inadvertently capitalized the first two letters of a word, it would automatically fix that, too. Would be nice in Mail if that was possible, or globally actually.

Rock

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Jan 17, 2010 1:46 PM

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Answer 1

V.K.

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Jan 17, 2010 2:06 PM in response to Rocky Rakoon

not possible in Mail or globally using any built in tools. perhaps some 3rd party tools can do it but I'm not aware of any.

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Rocky Rakoon Author

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Jan 17, 2010 2:26 PM in response to V.K.

Thanks, V.K. Maybe in 10.7... 🙂

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thomas_r.

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Jan 17, 2010 2:27 PM in response to Rocky Rakoon

God I hope not... at least, not unless it's something I can turn off! I loathe the way those uppity Microsoft products think they know what I want better than I do! 🙂

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Jan 17, 2010 2:46 PM in response to thomas_r.

Hi Thomas;

True, I think that was one of the things I hated most about the PC I was forced to use at work until I retired. When Microsloth in their infinite wisdom would start correcting technical terms incorrectly for me. I would have to work harder at getting it to leave the spelling alone that I had writing the rest of the document.

Allan

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Jan 17, 2010 2:49 PM in response to Rocky Rakoon

Hi Rocky Rakoon;

I certainly hope and pray that it doesn't. I hated most of the automatic stuff that Microsloth forced upon me with a passion.

Allan

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Rocky Rakoon Author

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Jan 17, 2010 3:40 PM in response to Allan Eckert

Actually, it was something I could turn off, but I certainly understand the MS points being made!

Rock

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V.K.

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Jan 17, 2010 3:44 PM in response to Allan Eckert

well, i for one certainly hope (but don't pray) that this feature becomes available. Apple never forced such features on users. things like spell checking and text substitution are optional. there is no reason in the world to think that automatic capitalization will be mandatory. but as an optional feature - I definitely want it.

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